Reviews for Allan Drazen
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: Grade Expected: A May 23, 2011, 9:34 am | Although he seems to understand economics very well, and he is a nice person in general, Professor Drazen clearly has better things to do than teach his students. He was consistantly late and when he wasn't late the lecture would start late because he can figure out his computer. He would then read off the slides word for word and vanish. He seemed unconcerned when the midterm average was less than 30%. He brushed me off when I approached him for help, and passed me off to the TAs, which were even less helpfull. In the end I learned very little and came away more confused than anything. The other professor teaching econ 325 wrote the book on this class (literally) I would take him if I had to do it again. |
| Anonymous Course: ECON325 Grade Expected: C May 18, 2011, 12:43 am | I had Professor Drazen for ECON325 this semester, but the funny this was, he did not teach my class. All of his material were pulled directly from those of Professor Sanjay Chugh. In lecture, Professor Drazen was Professor Chugh's mouthpiece - he literally read off Professor Chugh's slides and did little in gauging whether his students understood the material. There were only four grades in my class: two problem sets, one midterm and one final. This is absolutely absurd because by having so little grades, tremendous pressure is placed on each assignment and there is little to no chance of redeeming your grade if you do poorly on one assignment. Quite predictably, the problem sets were pulled from those of Professor Chugh. The problems were long and tough, so students resorted to consulting Professor Chugh's website for help. While I'm sure Professor Drazen is a very smart man and he understands Economics well, he is not fit to teach. It blows my mind that the university pays him $200,000 a year to read his colleague's slides. If this is how the professional world works, then shame on anyone who allows this. Never have I ever had a professor that cared so little about his students. Perhaps this was the reason why no one showed up to class. |
| Anonymous Course: ECON325 Grade Expected: B May 12, 2010, 12:05 pm | Professor Drazen is the most boring teacher I have had at UMD. If you are having trouble sleeping, I recommend attending his lectures. By reading off powerpoint slides which he posted online, students had no reason to listen to him while in lecture or attend lecture at all for that matter. The entire course consisted of 4 grades, with 40% based on the final exam which seems unfair. Being an ECON major, I am extremely dissapointed at how little Professor Drazen seemed to care about his students |
| JSlotkin517 Course: ECON325 Grade Expected: B May 18, 2009, 4:08 pm | Great Professor. Very easy to understand and follow his logic. You have to go to class though unless you really like cramming for exams from the book because he writes all of his notes on the chalkboard. 2 Midterms, 5 Problem Sets, 1 Cumulative Final Exam. |